Water spray attachment for pressing irons



y 8, 1952 F. H. RICHTERKESSING ETAL 2,602,704

' WATER SPRAY ATTACHMENT FOR PRESSING IRONS Filed Sept. 3, 1948 Zmoentols (Ittorneg Patented July 8, 1 952 ,"wA'rEasPaAY ATTACHMENTFOR PRESSING IRONS F ank HIRicht'erkessing and Charles 1); nae-j- 'gadon, Louisville, Ky., assignors' to Cissell Manufacturing (30., 1110., Louisville,

poration of Kentucky dpplicatidn September 3, 1948, Serial No. 47,586

1 This invention relates tofabric pressing irons in general, sometimes referred to as sadirons, "steam-electric irons, tailors.v goose et cetera and in particular to an attachment incorporated therewith for applying'moisture expeditiously to F fabric under treatment by the iron;

To provide a dependable' inoisture dispenser, or water-spray gun, at the forward end of a pressing iron that can be periodically and incidentally manipulated readily at' the" will of the operator while fabrics are being pressed is the main object of the incident inventionlf Another object'of the inventionlresides in providing a moisture dispenser tha't can be perman'ently incorporated into 6 conventional pressing irons solely by substitutionl of minor parts of the latter and additional water-spray gun" elements.

A further object of the invention consists of the design of a pressing iron moisture dispenser acquirable at low cost of production and having a longer period of use than obtained from similar devices.

A feature of my invention resides in the simplicity of construction and the ease with which parts may be manufactured, assembled and adjusted.

Other objects, advantages andfeatures may appear from the accompanying drawing, the subvjoined detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view ofa pressing iron 1 equipped with my spray gun or moisture-applying apparatus.

Figure 2 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the forward end of the pressing iron handle to which is attached my spray-gun.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, along a plane indicated by line 3, 3 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 3 on line 4-4.

With reference to the drawings, numeral 5 designates a' conventional pressing iron equipped for radiating heat from electricity supplied through Wires 6, dispensing steam received through tube 7 to sole-plate apertures, not shown, and mist by spray-gun 8 from water under pressure delivered thereto through hose 9.

Tube 9, as seen in Fig. 3, is threaded through shanks l9, H and handle l2 in place of the conventional bolt employed to secure the handle thereto, and extended. for permanent attachment, at the end thereof, to head [3 of the centrally disposed stationary assembly, referred to herein as core, of the spray-gun 8. This assembly 2 Claims. I (O1. 299

i8 and lower face comprisesf'said head, valve plunger Id threaded thereto "at I5" with centrally "perforated-rubber disk is and washer l1 clamped between shoulder oftheh'ad to effect-a seal at this point.

"'Slidably and concentrically mounted on the core is a housingthat' comprises cylinder Ill and.

*th'i'mble 2Q'securedthereto'bycouplihg 21 that is utilized to'secure the periphery of disc 1 6 between the top "flange of. the" thimbleand the bottom end face of the cylinder 'to 'effe'cta seal. 'The top opening of the thimbl is beveled at 20A while the lower end of the head-"ha's lbeen chem se ed at; 22 'to provide*cleararice forthe diskduring movement of theiho'u's'ing'i- Notch lfdA in the cylinder is provided for clearance of tube *9 during assemblyandwhefi-"the cylinder is moved for 0D- eration of the valve.

Threaded to the lower end of the thimble is cap 23 with an aperture or vent 24 from which moisture is liberated when the housing is moved downwadly to eifect separation between the area of the inner face of the cap normally covered by plug MA that is fixed to the bottom end of plunger I t. It should be noted that liquid or fluid flowing through the spray gun is from tube 9, chamber IEA, ducts 25, 26, concentric channel 21 and spiral channel 28 to chamber 29.

Cap 30 screwed to the top end of cylinder 19 is adjustable for regulating tension on compression spring 3! that is disposed between the top face of head l3 and inner face of cap 3!]. Thus it will be noted that this spring normally forces upwardly all of the movable parts and thereby maintains the valve elements in contact, or the closed state, and that when the housing is forced downwardly the valve elementsbecome separated for dispensing moisture in mist form. A minute opening to the order of a thousandth of an inch produces a light mist or vapor. As the opening is increased greater quantities of moisture isliberated.

The procedure for mounting and assembling the spray gun on the projecting end of tube 9 consists of: (a) locating the lever as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3; (b) permanently attaching head E3 to end of tube 8; (c) sliding housing upwardly and over the head; ((1) securing valve plunger M to the head with washer I6 in place; (e) locating washer 3d and applying coupling 2 I; (i) applying cap 23; (g) dropping spring 3| into the housing; (h) finally, applying cap 30 and adjusting tension on the spring. In Fig. 4 the core or stationary parts are shown by lighter lines than those housing parts that slide thereon.

To conveniently manipulate the housing, the

closed herein is the preferred commercial form.

However, it is to be understood that modifications of and departures therefrom can be freely made and yet fulfill the objects and advantages of this invention as primarily stated, therefore,

- we wish to be limited only by the terms of the subjoined claims. W

We claim:

1. In a valve structure of a fluid spray gun for attachment to a pressing iron having a base member, a handle mounted thereon, a fluidsupply'pipe associated with said handle; said fluid spray gun comprising a stationary element with a duct in fixed communication with said pipe and an opening adjacent the lower end thereof, a movable element operatively associated with said stationary element; a flexible disk having an aperture in communication with said duct and secured to said stationary element adjacent said aperture, said disk also secured at the periphery thereof to said movable element; eachof said elements having a valve member cooperatively associated to control the flow of fluid through said pipe, a spring operatively associated with said elements, adapted to yieldingly bias said members closed, and an actuating lever having a bearing surrounding and rotatable upon the fluid supply pipe for moving the movable element against said spring to separate the valve members from releasing fluid from the aperture.

2. In a valve structure of a fluid spray gun for use when associated-with-the handle of a pressing iron, a fluid 'su'pply .pipe associated therewith, a fluid spray gun mounted on said pipe; said gun comprising a stationary element having a duct in communication with said pipe and a movable element operatively associated with said stationary element, each element having a cooperating valve member to control the flow of fluid through said duct; means for retaining said valves closed; and an actuating lever having a bearing surrounding and rotatable upon the fluid supply-pipe operatively associated with said elements for moving one of the latter to separate the valve members for releasing fluid from the aperture.

FRANK H. RICHTERKESSING.

CHARLES D. HARGADON.

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